Sleeve-holding device.



G. C. KUNZ.

SLEEVE HOLDING DEVICE. APPLIOATION FILED rma. 7, 1911.

Patented Sept. 19,

GEORGE CHARLES KUNZ, OF MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN.

SLEEVE-HOLDING DEVICE.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1911.

Application filed February 7, 19'1'1. nserial No. 607,073.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE C. KUNZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Manitowoc, in the county of Manitowoc and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sleeve-Holding Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,- and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in devices for holding sleeves, lapels of coats, etc., and the object in view is to produce a simple and eiiicient fastening device for a holder of this nature so arranged that the points of hooks of a fastening device may be held in such a way as to prevent their catching upon object-s.

The invention comprises various details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view showing the application of my invention. Fig. 2 is a view showing the device as it would appear when not in use and attached to the lapel of a coat. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of the fastener, and Fig. t is a sectional view.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter A designates a strap, preferably of elastic material, having at each end metallic plates B with their edges bent over the edges of the plate and securelyv clamping the elastic strap. One of said plates has a link F fastened thereto, and G is a pin engaging said link and forming means whereby one end of the device may be anchored to the lapel of a coat or other object. The plate at the other end forms the base plate of my improved fastener and has a spring N bent bail-shaped and thence bent into coils at N', forming eyes pivotally mounted upon the bearing O. The ends of said wire are bent back and are held against the face of the plate to which the wire is attached, preferably in slight indentures therein, and Q designates a spring, which is bent upon itself and passed through an aperture T in the plate to which said bailshaped wire is connected and said spring passes over the outer end of the plate and extends through said bail-shaped wire and has its end bent upon itself, forming an elongated loop J through which the bailshaped wire extends. By the provision of said spring mounted as shown, it will be noted that, when the bail-shaped wire with the pointed ends is not in use, said spring will serve to hold the points of the wire against the opposite face of the plate to which the wire is fastened, thereby preventing the points catching in any object.

In adjusting the device so that the points of the bail-shaped wire will engage the fabric, pressure upon the bail-shaped part of the wire may cause the spring to yield and allow the points to be thrown away from the plate and, when pressure is relieved, the points will be held snugly against the object engaged thereby.

What I claim to be new is 1. A pin fastener comprising a bailshaped fastening device having arms bent to form coils, a base plate to which said coils are pivoted, and means for holding the points of the fastener yieldingly in contact with one face of the plate.

2. A pin fastener comprising a base plate, a wire bent bail-shaped and having each arm turned into a coil and pivotally mounted upon said plate, the ends of the bail-shaped wire being bent upon the bail-shaped part, and a spring engaging said bail-shaped wire and adapted to hold the points yieldingly against one face of the plate.

3. A pin fastener comprising a base plate, a wire bent bail-shaped and having each arm turned into a coil and pivotally mounted upon said plate, the ends of the bail-shaped wire being bent upon the bail-shaped part, a spring passing through an aperture in the plate and bent upon itself, one end of the In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my spring bearing against the plate and its signature in the presence of two witnesses. other end-bent upon itself to form an elonf T gated loop engaging the bail-shaped portion GEORGE CHARLES IXULZ' of the Wire and designed to normally hold Witnesses: the points of the Wire against the opposite EDWARD O. SCHWEITZER,

-face of the` plate. FRED W. BURNSTEIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

